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Direct linkYoun, Soo Jung – Language Testing, 2015
This study investigates the validity of assessing L2 pragmatics in interaction using mixed methods, focusing on the evaluation inference. Open role-plays that are meaningful and relevant to the stakeholders in an English for Academic Purposes context were developed for classroom assessment. For meaningful score interpretations and accurate…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Pragmatics, Validity, Mixed Methods Research
Wei, Jing; Llosa, Lorena – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2015
This article reports on an investigation of the role raters' language background plays in raters' assessment of test takers' speaking ability. Specifically, this article examines differences between American and Indian raters in their scores and scoring processes when rating Indian test takers' responses to the Test of English as a Foreign…
Descriptors: North Americans, Indians, Evaluators, English (Second Language)
Download full textJamieson, Joan; Poonpon, Kornwipa – ETS Research Report Series, 2013
Research and development of a new type of scoring rubric for the integrated speaking tasks of "TOEFL iBT"® are described. These "analytic rating guides" could be helpful if tasks modeled after those in TOEFL iBT were used for formative assessment, a purpose which is different from TOEFL iBT's primary use for admission…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Proficiency, Scaling, Scores
